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 ====== How to Perform Individual Releases ====== ====== How to Perform Individual Releases ======
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 +<note important>Please see https://docs.xfce.org/contribute/dev/make-a-release for an up to date documentation!
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 ===== Bugfix Releases ===== ===== Bugfix Releases =====
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 ==== Preparations ==== ==== Preparations ====
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   - Check out the stable branch with <code>git checkout --track -b xfce-4.6 remotes/origin/xfce-4.6</code>   - Check out the stable branch with <code>git checkout --track -b xfce-4.6 remotes/origin/xfce-4.6</code>
   - Synchronize the branch with the public repository (for translations and fixes committed by others): <code>git pull --rebase</code>   - Synchronize the branch with the public repository (for translations and fixes committed by others): <code>git pull --rebase</code>
   - Make sure the application compiles and that <code>./autogen.sh --enable-gtk-doc ... && make distcheck</code> works; commit build fixes as needed   - Make sure the application compiles and that <code>./autogen.sh --enable-gtk-doc ... && make distcheck</code> works; commit build fixes as needed
   - Update the NEWS, AUTHORS, README, THANKS, HACKING etc. files   - Update the NEWS, AUTHORS, README, THANKS, HACKING etc. files
-  - Update the ChangeLog from git with <code>git log > ChangeLog</code>+  - **If your ChangeLog is not generated automatically**, update the ChangeLog from git with <code>git log > ChangeLog</code>
  
 ==== Bumping the Version and Generating the Release Tarball ==== ==== Bumping the Version and Generating the Release Tarball ====
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   - If the component is or contains a library and there were new symbols added since the last release, update the libtool version in the configure template    - If the component is or contains a library and there were new symbols added since the last release, update the libtool version in the configure template 
   - Remove the ''git'' from ''xfwm4_version_tag'' in the configure script template   - Remove the ''git'' from ''xfwm4_version_tag'' in the configure script template
-  - Rebuild the translation files (''po/*.pot?'') to update Project-Id-Version and prevent problems during make distcheck with <code>./autogen.sh --enable-gtk-doc ... && cd po/ && make update-po</code> +  - Rebuild the translation files (''po/*.pot?'') to update Project-Id-Version and prevent problems during make distcheck with <code>./autogen.sh --enable-gtk-doc ...</code> 
-  - Make sure everything builds fine; fix problems locally without committing+  - Make sure everything builds fine; fix problems locally without committing: 
 +<code>./autogen.sh --enable-gtk-doc ... && make distcheck</code>
  
 There should now be a release tarball in the root directory of the component called ''xfwm4-4.6.1.tar.bz2''. There should now be a release tarball in the root directory of the component called ''xfwm4-4.6.1.tar.bz2''.